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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

on November 21, 2012 in Academic majors, Academics, College Life, Parents

With Thanksgiving just one day away, I want to express my deep gratitude for all of you who spend time on my college blog. I appreciate each of you and especially the loyal visitors who stop by regularly. I want to give a special shout out to all of you! The number of visitors to [...]

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Where Can You Find Cheaper College Prices?

on March 1, 2012 in College Costs, College Savings, Money

In the higher-ed world, some things are highly predictable. Every year, for instance, millions of high school students head to college and every year schools raise their prices. Colleges and universities have rightfully taken a lot of flack for their annual price hikes. Traditionally, that’s been especially true with private institutions and particularly at the [...]

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What I’ve Been Up To Lately

on February 17, 2012 in Academic quality, Academics, Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, College Costs, College rankings, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Money, Research, Scholarships

My husband took this picture of me and Minerva, my office assistant, yesterday in my horribly messy office. I thought it would help illustrate what I’ve been doing for the past few months. My office is a wreck because I’ve been totally preoccupied with writing the second edition of The College Solution: A Guide for [...]

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What the Super Bowl Can Tell Us About College Rankings

on February 10, 2012 in College rankings, Research

Today I’m sharing with you a great post from Michelle Kretzschmar, who writes a college blog that focuses on using data to create your own college rankings:  DIYCollegeRankings. I hope you read it and also visit her blog. Football and US News Rankings Like more than 100 million other Americans, I watched the Super Bowl. [...]

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Catholic Universities and Yet Another Botched College List

on January 4, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Money, Research

I’ve been writing posts for my college blog recently about the W-R-O-N-G way to assemble a college list. If you missed them, here are my the posts: Another Dreadful College List Applying to the Wrong Universities Assembling a solid list of schools to apply to is critically important, but I’d argue that the vast majority [...]

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My Most Popular College Blog Posts of 2011

on January 2, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, College Costs, Liberal Arts Colleges, Money, Student Loans, Universities

I want to give a big thanks to all of my regular visitors — and the new folks too — who helped to make 2011 the best year ever for The College Solution! I know 2011 was my best year because I use Google Analytics to keep track of how many people visit my college [...]

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